Lizards and insects can strongly attach to walls and then detach applying negligible additional forces. We propose a simple mechanical model of this phenomenon which implies active muscle control. We show that the detachment force may depend not only on the properties of the adhesive units, but also on the elastic interaction among these units. By regulating the scale of such cooperative interaction, the organism can actively switch between two modes of adhesion: delocalized (pull off) and localized (peeling).

Cohesion-decohesion asymmetry in geckos / Puglisi, Giuseppe; Truskinovsky, L.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS. - ISSN 1539-3755. - 87:3(2013). [10.1103/PhysRevE.87.032714]

Cohesion-decohesion asymmetry in geckos

PUGLISI, Giuseppe;
2013-01-01

Abstract

Lizards and insects can strongly attach to walls and then detach applying negligible additional forces. We propose a simple mechanical model of this phenomenon which implies active muscle control. We show that the detachment force may depend not only on the properties of the adhesive units, but also on the elastic interaction among these units. By regulating the scale of such cooperative interaction, the organism can actively switch between two modes of adhesion: delocalized (pull off) and localized (peeling).
2013
Cohesion-decohesion asymmetry in geckos / Puglisi, Giuseppe; Truskinovsky, L.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS. - ISSN 1539-3755. - 87:3(2013). [10.1103/PhysRevE.87.032714]
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